Republic of Ghana opened yesterday in Pristina an honorary consulate which will work on promoting political, economic and cultural ties with Kosovo. The consulate will also be in charge of issuing visas as well as promoting Ghanaian investment in Kosovo. The honorary consul, Valon Lluka, said this was the first and only African mission in Kosovo while Ghana’s Ambassador to Ankara, Ibrahim Abaz, said political relations with Kosovo were established in 2012 following Ghana’s decision to recognise its independence.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić thanked members of KFOR on Wednesday, who have transported a baby by helicopter to a hospital in Belgrade and thus saved the life of a Serbian boy from Laplje Selo.

At a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Vučić thanked him and said that it was a big thing for Serbia and yet another signal of greater  understanding between Serbia and NATO.

Saša Rašić, former Serb minister at the government of Kosovo, has said that the boycott of the Serbian List to Kosovo institutions is not news. According to him, this should not become a routine because nothing can be reached in this manner. Rašić made these statements at the debate “Boycott of the Serbian community: Dialogue or tensions?” that is being held in Pristina. He also said that Kosovo Serbs are limited by both Pristina and Belgrade.

A battle for Kosovo is taking place in the faraway Africa. Serbia’s Foreign Minister has traveled to Madagascar, where he will try to prevent the plan of the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, who is in a new diplomatic mission of convincing as many states as possible to recognize the independence of Kosovo.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday he had launched resolute diplomatic activities aimed at preventing further recognitions of Kosovo.

He is doing so "with a series of bilateral meetings in the Madagascan capital Antananarivo, where he is attending a summit of the International Organization of the Francophonie," Tanjug has reported.

Serbia has made "major steps toward its strategic goal of EU membership by opening four very significant chapters."

This is according to EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who also noted that "strengthening of the rule of law remained the main challenge," Tanjug reported.

The current security situation in Kosovo can be assessed as unstable, and if we bear in mind the frequent attacks on returnees, we can say that the situation is quite complex, complicated compared to last year, said Kosovo Deputy Interior Minister Milan Radojević in a show "Otvoreno o", at the TV Most.

Finance Minister, Avdullah Hoti, said that the government of Kosovo expects to close the year with 4 percent economic growth and the estimates are that this figure will be even higher in 2017. “We have a significant improvement in tax payment,” said Hoti in the meeting of the parliamentary commission on budget and finance.  He added that if progress is made in projects including energy and the Trepca mining complex, “we can rest assured that the economic growth will be much higher.”

US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott says that he does not believe that there will be major changes in relation to the Balkans due to the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House. He pointed out that the policy towards Kosovo will not change, as some hope in Serbia.

Whether and how close is Pristina to the UNESCO membership, it could be known in November next year, if they re-submit the proposal to the General Assembly of this organization.

Pristina authorities, after last year's fiasco at the GA UNESCO, have started at the same time a new offensive lobbying for the next General Assembly, which is held every two years. In the meantime Pristina acquired support of some countries and of some has lost. The situation is still uncertain.